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@article{item_3652238,
title = {{Revised age for Sch{\"o}ningen hunting spears indicates intensification of Neanderthal cooperative behavior around 200,000 years ago}},
author = {Hutson, Jarod M. and Bittmann, Felix and Fischer, Peter and Garc{\'\i}a-Moreno, Alejandro and Gaudzinski-Windheuser, Sabine and Nelson, Ellie and Ortiz, Jos{\'e} E. and Penkman, Kirsty E. H. and Peri{\'c}, Zoran M. and Richter, Daniel and Torres, Trinidad and Turner, Elaine and Villaluenga, Aritza and White, Dustin and J{\"o}ris, Olaf},
language = {eng},
issn = {2375-2548},
doi = {10.1126/sciadv.adv0752},
year = {2025},
abstract = {{The Sch{\"o}ningen 13II-4 archaeological site in Germany holds title to the most complete Paleolithic wooden hunting spears ever discovered, yet its age has never been properly settled. Initial estimates placed the site at around 400,000 years; this age was later revised to roughly 300,000 years. Here, we report age estimates for the {\textquotedblleft}Spear Horizon{\textquotedblright} based on amino acid geochronology of fossils obtained directly from the find-bearing deposits. Together with a reassessment of regional Middle Pleistocene chronostratigraphy, these data place the Sch{\"o}ningen spears at {\textasciitilde}200,000 years. This revised age positions the Spear Horizon alongside other sites that collectively record a shift toward communal hunting strategies. The Sch{\"o}ningen archaeological record exemplifies this behavioral transformation that arose within the increasingly complex social environments of Middle Paleolithic Neanderthals.}},
journal = {{Science Advances}},
volume = {11},
eid = {eadv0752},
}